Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Denmark competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 58 competitors, 55 men and 3 women, took part in 30 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Hans Kjeld Rasmussen — Shooting, Men's Skeet
* Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen — Sailing, Men's Soling

### Silver

* Peter Due and Per Kjærgaard — Sailing, Men's Tornado

### Bronze

* Hans-Henrik Ørsted — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit
* Susanne Nielsson — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

## Athletics

Men's 400 metres

* Jens Smedegaard Hansen

Men's Marathon

* Jorn Lauenborg
   * Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

## Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

* Jesper Garnell
   * First Round — Defeated Sylvain Rajefiarison (Madagascar) on points (5-0)
   * Second Round — Lost to Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (1-4)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

* Ole Svendsen
   * First Round — Lost to Michael Pillay (Seychelles) on points (1-4)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

* Michael Madsen
   * First Round — Defeated Csaba Kuzma (Hungary) on points (3-2)
   * Second Round — Lost to Ricardo Rojas (Cuba) on points (1-4)

## Canoeing

Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres

* Hans Christian Lassen

## Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1980.

### Road

**Individual road race**

* Henning Jørgensen
* Verner Blaudzun
* Allan Jacobsen
* Per Sandahl Jørgensen

**Team time trial**

* Per Kærsgaard Laursen
* Michael Markussen
* Jesper Worre
* Jørgen V. Pedersen

### Track

**Sprint**

* Henrik Salée

**1000m time trial**

* Bjarne Sørensen

**Individual pursuit**

* Hans-Henrik Ørsted

## Diving

Men's Platform

* Claus Thomsen

## Fencing

### Women's foil

* Max Madsen

## Handball

### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)
   * Defeated Cuba (30-18)
   * Lost to Spain (19-20)
   * Lost to Poland (12-26)
   * Lost to Hungary (15-16)
   * Lost to East Germany (20-24)
* Classification Match
   * 9th/10th place: Defeated Algeria (28-20) → 9th place
* Team Roster
   * Ole Nørskov Sørensen
   * Michael Jørn Berg
   * Andres Dahl-Nielsen
   * Thomas Pazyj
   * Bjarne Jeppesen
   * Iver Grunnet
   * Morten Stig Christensen
   * Carsten Haurum
   * Palle Jensen
   * Erik Bue Pedersen
   * Hans Henrik Hattesen
   * Mogens Jeppesen
   * Poul Kjaer Poulsen
   * Per Skaarup

## Rowing

Men's coxless pairs

* Michael Jessen
* Erik Christiansen

Men's quadruple sculls

* Reiner Modest
* Per Rasmussen
* Morten Espersen
* Ole Bloch Jensen

Women's single sculls

* Lise Justesen

## Sailing

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Lasse Hjortnes | Finn | DSQ | 2 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 18 | DNF | 99.0 | 13 |
| Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller | Flying Dutchman | DSQ | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 54.5 | 6 |
| Peter Due Per Kjaergaard | Tornado | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 30.4 | |
| Jens Christensen Morten Nielsen | Star | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 45.7 | 5 |
| Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen | Soling | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23.0 | |

## Shooting

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Henning Clausen | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1156 | 9 |
| Henning Clausen | 50 metre rifle prone | 592 | 25 |
| Finn Danielsen | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1147 | 17 |
| Ole Justesen | Skeet | 194 | 10 |
| Hans Kjeld Rasmussen | Skeet | 196+25+25 | |

## Swimming

Women's 100m Breaststroke

* Susanne Nielsson
   * Heats — 1:11.58
   * Final — 1:11.16 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

* Susanne Nielsson
   * Final — 2:32.75 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

* Susanne Nielsson
   * Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)

## Weightlifting

Men's Light Heavyweight

* Erling Johansen

## Wrestling

Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman

* Kaj Jægergaard Hansen

Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

* Svend Erik Studsgaard
